New concealed-carry legislation was passed last spring by the state house allowing licensed carriers to take their weapon into more public buildings, including college campuses.

The bill puts the burden of public safety on the state and local government agencies if they want to remain gun free, meaning security improvements specified in the bill that may be costly and time consuming.

The biggest upgrade to security calls for metal detectors for every building as well as personnel to man the equipment.

In response to the obvious budgetary repercussions this upgrade will cost for buildings wanting to remain gun free the bill allows for a six month exemption to figure out the logistics of the security upgrade.

The Board of Regents, working with the state leased and owned facilities, have already extended the exemption for most agencies and public institutions, including Wichita State, by four years.

The state is still investigating how much these security upgrades will cost and the overall affect that will come from remaining gun free.

With the four years WSU and other state institutions will have to develop how to retain a comfortable atmosphere as well as one conducive to learning.

The decisions for Wichita State have been made primarily by the Board of Regents recognizing the factors that will have to be accounted in looking out for WSUs best interest.